Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked chicken & wings fast food chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Starbird Chicken and Wildbird sit in the high-growth half.
#
Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S Starbird Chicken | ▲1 | +16.8% |
| 2 | W Wildbird | ▲3 | +14.2% |
| 3 | L Luu's Chicken Bowl | ▲3 | +13.1% |
| 4 | L Love Letter Pizza & Chicken | ▲4 | +12.6% |
| 5 |
D
Dave's Hot Chicken
|
- | +11.3% |
| 6 | L Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken | ▲2 | +9.8% |
| 7 |
A
American Deli
|
▲1 | +7.5% |
| 8 | L Louisiana Fried Chicken | - | +7.4% |
| 9 |
J
Juan Pollo
|
- | +6.5% |
| 10 |
C
Chick-fil-A
|
- | +6.0% |
| 11 |
C
Crimson Coward
|
▲1 | +5.3% |
| 12 |
C
Church's Chicken
|
▲1 | +4.3% |
| 13 |
C
Chicken Express
|
▲1 | +4.0% |
| 14 | C Captain Sam's Fish and Chicken | ▲2 | +3.5% |
| 15 | H Hot Wings Cafe | ▲1 | +2.8% |
- Chick-fil-A
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers
- Wingstop
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
- KFC
- Dave's Hot Chicken
- Epic Wings
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,994 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Chick-fil-A (208)
- Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers (116)
- Wingstop (453)
- Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen (241)
- KFC (291)
- Dave's Hot Chicken (56)
- Epic Wings (23)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
W
Wingstop 453
-
2
K
KFC 291
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3
P
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 241
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4
C
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5
R
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers 116
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6
D
-
7
C
-
8
J
-
9
E
Epic Wings 23
-
10
F
Fire Wings 20
- 11 T The Buffalo Spot 20
-
12
A
Angry Chickz 19
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13
K
Krispy Krunchy Chicken 14
- 14 L Louisiana Famous Fried Chicken 14
- 15 L Louisiana Fried Chicken 14
- 16 S Starbird Chicken 10
- 17 K Kiki's Chicken Place 10
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18
B
Bruxie 9
- 19 T The Chicken Shack 7
- 20 H Holdaak 7
- 21 M Main Chick Hot Chicken 7
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22
L
Legend Hot Chicken 6
- 23 S SoCal Wings 6
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24
J
JJ Fish and Chicken 5
- 25 C Charo Chicken 5
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26
C
- 27 T The Red Chickz 5
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28
C
Calif Chicken Cafe 5
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29
A
- 30 C Chicken Now 4
- 31 G Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken 4
- 32 E Egg N Bird 4
- 33 C Chicken G's 4
- 34 L Love Letter Pizza & Chicken 4
- 35 L Luu's Chicken Bowl 4
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36
A
Al's Hot Chicken 4
- 37 H Hot Wings Cafe 4
- 38 W Wildbird 3
- 39 C Chicken Meets Rice 3
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40
D
Donahoo's Golden Chicken 3
- 41 C Clyde's Hot Chicken 3
- 42 L Los Pollos Bros 3
- 43 T The Crack Shack 3
- 44 C Captain Sam's Fish and Chicken 3
- 45 P Proposition Chicken 3
- 46 W Wings Empire 3
- 47 T The Chicken Koop 3
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48
H
Houston TX Hot Chicken 3
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49
C
- 50 P Pioneer Chicken 2
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